Underrated Rock Bands

[The Blowhard]

There are many, but I would say both The Kinks and The Animals get the shaft with all of the Beatle and Stones hype.

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[Gvac]

I've always felt the Guess Who never got their proper respect. Take a look at the hits - "These Eyes", "American Woman", "Undun", "No Time", etc.

Awesome band.



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[The Blowhard]

I feel the same way about:

The Grass Roots
The Turtles
Tommy James and The Shondells
The Beach Boys
Jay and The Americans

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[A.J.]

The Kinks and The Beach Boys definitely. They get stereotyped by their hits too easily when they have so much more great music on their lesser-known albums.

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[jamesdiggy]

Badfinger They were always tagged w/ the Beatles knockoff label.

Stealth Board Member - forever flying beneath the radar.

[Brooklyn Stroonze]

The Kinks & The DC5. <P>

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[McNabbShouldDie]

beach boys were totally underrated

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[BroadwayDukes]

chumbawamba

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[The Blowhard]

Tangerine Dream was as good as Pink Floyd back in the day.

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[WhistlePig]

Iggy Pop!
He's put out SO MUCH great shit and never gets recognized. It's so annoying. Maybe with those Carnival Cruise commercials more people will run out and buy "Lust for Life." But it shouldn't take a TV commercial. And his live show is ALWAYS excellent. I've seen him about 5 times at 5 different places and every show was full of energy and fun.


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[PapaBear]

<p>Not underrated... just not popular... </p><p><a href="http://www.malcolmholcombe.com/">http://www.malcolmholcombe.com/</a></p><p>Rolling Stone had wonderful things to say about him. Besides, he's an old friend of mine!</p><img src="http://www.geocities.com/pauleight/papabearsig.jpg" border="0" />Can you even do that with a cheeseburger?

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[monsterone]

storm troopers of death- celtic frosted flakes. 'nuff said.

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[spoon]

<p>You guys are old!&nbsp; Our Lady Peace (before their last cd), Muse, Snow Patrol.&nbsp; But hey, who cares about popularity these days?&nbsp; It all comes down to shitty radio.</p>

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[fezident]

OLP plays big big venues in Canada so, I can't really call them under-rated.&nbsp; It IS bizarre that they play to 160 people in the US and 20,000 in Toronto though.

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[spoon]

Yah but back about&nbsp;two years, 20,000 Canadian fans equaled only 1,500 US fans.&nbsp;

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[JustJon]

Canadians are also force fed Canadian music.&nbsp; There's an actual
law that states Canadian radio must spend a certain number of minutes
per hour playing Canadian artists.<br />


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[IamFogHat]

People never give this band a chance&nbsp;cause their radio songs generally are not good; Third Eye Blind.&nbsp; Their albums kick ass, especially their most recent, In the Vein.&nbsp; Awesome band.

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[Death Metal Moe]

Linkin Park.

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[Bulldogcakes]

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[TheMojoPin]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font><p><img src="http://www.scarpati.com/music_lax/page_two/images/fishbone.jpg" border="0" /></p><p>Shoulda been huge. <br /></p><img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v303/Kevin2700/bulldaogcopy.jpg" border="0" /> Does it bug you that your local pharmacy sells cigarettes and emphysema medicine? <p>A-fucking-men.</p><p>And, on a side note, these quote boxes suck the dick.<br /></p>

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[BoondockSaint]

Totally agree with Fishbone.&nbsp; Great band.&nbsp; Good call Bulldog.

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[JPMNICK]

I always like Fuel, and never felt like the got the Buzz going. I also do not listen to much radio, so I maybe way off on this one

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[Wormwood]

<font size="2">the correct answer is the Kinks</font>

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[PapaBear]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font>Totally agree with Fishbone.&nbsp; Great band.&nbsp; Good call Bulldog. <br />&nbsp;First time I ever actually heard Fishbone, they were binding the radio host (I believe w/ duct tape) on WNRN in Charlottesville, VA. They took over the show and there was much talk about lesbians. That's about all I can remember, other than the fact that it was the best radio I had ever heard up to that point.<br />

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[high fly]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font>There are many, but I would say both The Kinks and The Animals get the shaft with all of the Beatle and Stones hype.&nbsp; <p><br />I think I'd have to disagree, Heckler.</p><p>I think at the time they got plenty of pub.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>One band that has never failed to deliver is The Fleshtones.</p><p>For the quality of their music compared to the amount of attention they've gotten over the years, the disparity is much greater.</p><p>I used to see them every time they came around, and once I saw the last gig they played in the U.S. in Richmond, Va at the Pyramid, and then about 3 or 4 nights later in Paris, France at&nbsp;Le Zenith.</p><p>Before the first show, I was sitting there drinking with zaremba and asked him where their next gig would be and he said, &quot;Oh, we're going to Paris.&quot;</p><p>Me:&quot;Me too!&quot;</p><p>Zaremba:&quot;Bullshit&quot;</p><p>Me: &quot;Sure I am, where you playing?&quot;</p><p>Zaremba: &quot;A place called Le Zenith&quot;</p><p>Me: &quot;When?&quot;</p><p>Zaremba: &quot;Tuesday night.&quot;</p><p>Me: &quot;I'm flying in Monday, I'll be there.&quot;</p><p>And I was.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you can get ahold of a live album they did in Paris, grab it, it's incredibly good.</p>&quot; and they ask me why I drink&quot; <img src="http://64.177.177.182/katylina/highflysig.jpg" border="0" /> Big ups to sex bomb baby Katylina (LHOOQ) for the sig!

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[high fly]

<font style="font-size: 9px" face="Verdana">quote: </font>Iggy Pop! He's put out SO MUCH great shit and never gets recognized. It's so annoying. Maybe with those Carnival Cruise commercials more people will run out and buy &quot;Lust for Life.&quot; But it shouldn't take a TV commercial. And his live show is ALWAYS excellent. I've seen him about 5 times at 5 different places and every show was full of energy and fun. <p><br />Good call, WhistlePig!</p><p>Yeah, his songs are in a number of commercials.</p><p>I've heard &quot;Lust For Life&quot; in at least 3 of them and &quot;Search and Destroy&quot; a couple of times too.</p><p>Here we have who, in&nbsp;my opinion,&nbsp;is the greatest singer/songwriter/performer of all times, and he just gets pub when he's at some party standing next to the current flavor of the week.</p><p>Mr. Blowtorch-in-bondage inspired the punk movement which saved rock and roll in the mid-70s.</p><p>I have had the pleasure of seeing him about 20 times and every one was fantastic.</p><p>I've caught him when he did a stage dive twice, and was in a riot at the end of one of his shows in Paris.</p><p>Plus, here's a guy who has done it with at least a half-dozen different bands, and every time out, the material is first-rate. And if you get an album you don't think is so hot, all you gotta do is keep playing it until you wonder how stupid you were to not see how good it was when you first got it.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>&quot; and they ask me why I drink&quot; <img src="http://64.177.177.182/katylina/highflysig.jpg" border="0" /> Big ups to sex bomb baby Katylina (LHOOQ) for the sig!

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[MHasegawa]

Faith No More as well.<br />


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[Gvac]

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Either as a solo artist or with the James Gang, Joe Walsh never gets the credit for the brilliant songwriter/guitarist that he is.

The James Gang was one incredible band during his short stay with them, and are definitely underrated in the annals of Classic Rock.

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[DeltaPin]

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&nbsp; Corrosion of Conformity.&nbsp; To this day, Deliverance and Wiseblood are 2 of my Favorite CD's of all time.&nbsp;

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[FUNKMAN]

Big Wreck

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[narc]

Amen on Big Wreck. I thought I was the only person who knew about them.
For me, the greatest band nobody ever heard of was a power-punk (with a ton of horns) band out of Alabama called Pain. They did three albums, all of which are fantastic. Sort of a ska sound, but just straight punk, but not Blink 182 shit. Their lyrics are actually written for adults, with a lot of dark humor including nun-killing and redneck jokes. It's nearly impossible to be sad while listening to their music, because it's just so relentlessly energetic. They were active throughout the late 90's, but they're pretty much broken up now.
I've also gotten more into the Decemberists lately. They're sort of like Belle and Sebastian, but they write incredible music and Most people have still never heard of them, but they're still up and coming.

[y2biz]

I always felt the Pixies never got there due, it is a simple fact that if there was no Pixies there would be no Nirvana. Black Francis invented the slow down, scream, rip an then slowdown again. Listen to Tame, its Cobain a few years earlier.&nbsp;

[TooLowBrow]

operation ivy... ?<br />

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[TheMojoPin]

<p>OK, we've got two threads going on this topic.</p><p>Use the newer one, since it makes zero sense for the current discussion to be in &quot;Old School.&quot;</p>

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